Robotics

SiMa.ai and AVerMedia to Show Drone AI Hardware in Taipei

SiMa.ai and AVerMedia will show an integrated drone AI hardware solution at the August 27, 2026 Drone Seminar in Taipei. The platform combines SiMa.ai's Modalix MLSoC with AVerMedia's industrial platform and delivers 50 TOPS of AI compute under 10W.

August 25, 2026

TianGong Ultra Runs 100 Meters in 9.32 Seconds at Robot Games

TianGong Ultra, developed by X-Humanoid, completed a 100 meter sprint in 9.32 seconds at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

August 25, 2026

Galbot Robots Complete More Than 100 Tennis Rallies

Galbot humanoid robots completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous tennis rallies against human athletes during a live match at the Second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

August 24, 2026

Galileo Robotics Unveils Galileo X Ground Mobility System at WRC 2026

Galileo Robotics unveiled Galileo X at WRC 2026, presenting a ground mobility platform that combines wheeled AGV, vehicle, and legged robot capabilities.

August 24, 2026

XPENG Robotics Raises Over $900 Million for Humanoid Robots

XPENG Robotics raised over $900 million at a valuation above $6.3 billion to fund humanoid robot research, production facilities, and global expansion for its IRON robot.

August 24, 2026

Galaxea AI Shows Warehouse Fulfillment Robots at WRC 2026

Galaxea AI demonstrated more than ten robotics systems at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, including a dark store fulfillment system, robot assembly tools, and its Nexo wheeled dual arm robot.

August 24, 2026

SU Group Gets Macao Rights for Inspec Spider Robot

SU Group subsidiary Shine Union Macao has signed an exclusive deal to distribute Green Light Multiplex's Inspec Spider inspection robot in Macao.

August 24, 2026

World Humanoid Robot Games Adds Autonomous Races and Robot Hand Contest

The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games will feature 666 teams and 2,056 robots from 16 countries, with new autonomous races, sports events, and dexterous hand tasks.

August 21, 2026

Shield AI Names X-BAT Official Autonomous Aircraft of Army-Navy Game

Shield AI’s X-BAT has been named the Official Autonomous Aircraft of the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA. The 2026 game will take place Dec. 12 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

August 21, 2026

Baidu Apollo Go Starts Driverless Rides on Uber in Dubai

Baidu's Apollo Go vehicles are now available through Uber in Dubai. Riders can be matched with a fully driverless vehicle through Uber Comfort, UberX, or the Autonomous option in the app.

August 21, 2026

Unitree Robotics Shares Jump in Shanghai Market Debut

Unitree Robotics shares closed up 460.3 percent in their Shanghai STAR Market debut, valuing the company at 341.77 billion yuan.

August 21, 2026

TIER IV and Renesas Build Open AI Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

TIER IV and Renesas Electronics are collaborating on an open AI native computing platform for software defined vehicles using Autoware, reference AI models, and Renesas R-Car Gen 5 automotive SoCs.

August 20, 2026

SANY Ships Autonomous Electric Mining Trucks to South America

SANY Group shipped its first SKT110Ei autonomous electric mining trucks to South America, pairing the vehicles with intelligent dispatch and life cycle operation and maintenance services.

August 20, 2026

Simple AI Releases HiFi-UMI-2K Dataset for Robot Manipulation Learning

Simple AI has published a tech report for HiFi-UMI and released HiFi-UMI-2K, a 2,000 hour open dataset for robot manipulation learning.

August 20, 2026

Robot.com and Sodexo Sign Seven Year Campus Delivery Deal

Robot.com and Sodexo have signed a seven year agreement to expand autonomous robot delivery across Sodexo operated college campuses in North America. The deal also includes robot advertising.

August 20, 2026

TELUS Digital Named Leader in NelsonHall AI Enablement Evaluation

TELUS Digital was named a Leader in NelsonHall's 2026 NEAT evaluation for AI Enablement Services, with strengths cited in AI training, physical AI, robotics data, and computer vision.

August 19, 2026

Las Vegas Raiders Name Waymo Official Ride Hailing Partner

The Las Vegas Raiders named Waymo their official ride hailing partner for Allegiant Stadium, with dedicated pickup and drop off areas planned for games, concerts, and major events.

August 19, 2026

Vision Marine and Avikus Begin NEUBOAT Integration for Electric Boats

Vision Marine Technologies and Avikus have begun a partnership to evaluate NEUBOAT integration with Vision Marine's twin motor E-Motion electric propulsion architecture, using the STERK 31E as the first validation platform.

August 19, 2026

51WORLD Launches AperData and AperOne for Embodied AI

51WORLD introduced AperData and AperOne at its Physical AI Master Plan 2030 event, along with a three tier aerospace strategy covering low altitude airspace, space, and deep space.

August 19, 2026

Ramaco Resources Signs roboLoop MOU for Electronic Waste Materials

Ramaco Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding with roboLoop to test and potentially buy gallium rich electronic waste materials for its planned Brook Facility in Wyoming.

August 18, 2026

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